School boundaries, start times or academic terms. Changing any of these is inevitably a complex and challenging process. Last year, Ottawa-Carleton District School Board (OCDSB) needed to revamp all three at the same time to make way for a new International Baccalaureate at one of their schools. As Executive Officer of Corporate Services Michéle Giroux had used Thoughtexchange for many different community and staff discussions over the years. She knew it was the solution for undertaking such a complex community conversation. Giroux partnered with Thoughtexchange to ask the community three questions. Each question focused on one change that was necessary to accommodate the new IB program. “The board faced a series of decisions that had different impacts for different school communi

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